Beasley Cemetery

Read April 14, 1998 by Carolyn Dodd Cade and by Mrs. Myra Beasley McGee, Mr. Mcgee and Aaron and Courtney in 1999. They also took the pictures on this page.

Turn off State Highway 117 onto Long Leaf Trail. Approximately 10 miles up Long Leaf there is a marker for the Beasley Cemetery Road. The cemetery is about 3 miles up the road and you will probably need a 4 wheel drive to get to it.

Beasley Cemetery is located near Lotus, LA, about 15 miles south of Provencal, LA, in the Lotus-Red Dirt area of the Kisatchie National Forest. Turn east off Hwy 117 at the Forest Service Work Center; travel about 5 miles, and the there is a sign on the right indicating the cemetery, which is about three miles along this road. From this point the road is passable only in very dry weather, preferably using sport utility or all-terrain vehicles.

Beasley Cemetery is quite large, and has a nice fence and gate with the name of the cemetery. The cemetery has an old and interesting history, being located adjacent to the old stage road which connected the Natchitoches/Alexandria area and the Texas frontier. The surrounding acreage exhibits land forms unique to this special section of Louisiana, especially notable being the Devil's Backbone, the rocky ledge followed by the early travelers.

Local residents indicate that an effort is made to mow and clean the cemetery yearly. However, the access road appears to traverse several of the soil types indigenous to the Kisatchie Forest: low swampy areas, clear sandy creeks, deep sand beds, white gumbo soil, rocky outcroppings, hills and valleys. Only the hardiest and best equipped visitors venture beyond the first mile.

Special thanks are extended to Mrs. Myra Beasley McGee, Mr. McGee, and Aaron and Courtney, who loaded up four-wheelers and took their neighbor, friend, and teacher on this tour of an historic area of the Kisatchie National Forest.(1999, Nelda Liles)

BEASLEY, Abraham R. b. November 17, 1894 - d. December 14, 1925

BEASLEY, Alto   b. April 6, 1870 - d. November 24, 1894 - nee Whatley

BEASLEY, Amanda   b. February 29, 1854 - d. July 13, 1942 - nee Boswell, He giveth His beloved sleep.

BEASLEY, Ethel Beatrice   b. April 14, 1921 - d. April 26, 1928, Our Sister, Double stone: Rosie Pearson Beasley

BEASLEY, James   b. May 10, 1812 - d. January 2, 1895, My husband

BEASLEY, James   b. December 2, 1850 - d. March 22, 1924

BEASLEY, James   b. August 27, 1876 - d. October 24, 1888, son of James & Amanda Beasley, Gone but not forgotten

BEASLEY, Louisa E.   b. October 30, 1881 - d. August 24, 1886, Dau of James & Amanda Beasley, At Rest

BEASLEY, Mary A.   b. July 7, 1857 - d. March 17, 1922, Aged 85 Yrs 8 Mos 12 Dys, Asleep in Jesus

BEASLEY, Mary Lutesia   b. May 26, 1878 - d. June 3, 1878

BEASLEY, Nannie   d. November 15, 1887 - 45 years old

BEASLEY, Pearl G.   b. December 9, 1891 - d. November 16, 1969, Double stone: Wm. Thad Beasley

BEASLEY, Rosie Pearson  04 March 1888 / 26 May 1928, Double stone: Ethel Beatrice Beasley

BEASLEY, Rosa S.   b. December 7, 1823 - d. June 29, 1913 - nee Rinkel

BEASLEY, Thadies   b. July 29, 1856 - d. December 30, 1894

BEASLEY, Thomas Jefferson   b. January 22, 1880 - d. February 3, 1963

BEASLEY, William   b. September 25, 1852 - d. December 17, 1918, Age 66 Yrs. 2 Mos 22 Days, Adjacent to: Mary Beasley

BEASLEY, William H.   b. ----- - d. March 1, 1900 - 12 years 9 mo 19 days

BEASLEY, William Kermit   b. November 16, 1910 - d. May 17, 1972, Loved & remembered

BEASLEY, William Thad   b. September 7, 1879 - d. August 16, 1974

BOSWELL, B. B. - Co. E. Crescent La. INF. C.S.A.

BOSWELL, Bud   b. July 28, 1889 - d. March 28, 1914

BOSWELL, Charley   b. January 22, 1896 - d. January 6, 1927

BOSWELL, Grover S.   b. January 31, 1902 - d. November 20, 1904, Son of Thomas and Dora Boswell, Adjacent and similar stone: Thomas Boswell

BOSWELL, Isadora   b. March 11, 1866 - d. November 25, 1932, wife of T. J. Boswell

BOSWELL, John   b. January 4, 1812 - d. February 24, 1907, Gone to a fairer land, of pleasure and love...

BOSWELL, Johnie W.   b. March 26, 1882 - d. February 24, 1898

BOSWELL, Louisa   b. November 14, 1816 - d. December 9, 1894, wife of John

BOSWELL, M. T.   b. September 15, 1885 - d. August 4, 1919

BOSWELL, Margret Eveline   b. February 2, 1859 - d. August 9, 1944, double stone with Richard Clayborn Boswell

BOSWELL, Mary E.   b. February 26, 1855 - d. February 22, 1933, Faithful to her trust, even unto death

BOSWELL, Mary Joe   b. December 20, 1857 - d. November 4, 1933, She's safe at home

BOSWELL, Mid   b. August 3, 1850 - d. June 29, 1930

BOSWELL, Ransom P.   b. February 19, 1890 - d. November 23, 1921

BOSWELL, Richard B.   b. March 29, 1879 - d. July 26, 1935

BOSWELL, Richard Claiborne   b. December 15, 1851 - d. December 15, 1942, double stone with Margret E. Boswell

BOSWELL, Thomas   b. August 17, 1884 - d. February 19, 1898

BOSWELL, Thomas J.   b. December 15, 1852 - d. May 26, 1904

BOSWELL, Tinie   b. December 18, 1880 - d. July 21, 1957

BOSWELL, William R.   b. July 5, 1856 - d. October 23, 1923

BOSWELL, Willie H.   b. February 25, 1888 October 8, 1919

*In the Boswell section of the cemetery there are five graves each marked with a small stone. There are no inscriptions of any kind.

CLARK, Lucy   b. July 16, 1892 - d. August 1, 1925

CRAIG, Lou    d. March 30, 1901 - 41 years old, wife of J.E. Craig

DODD, Douglas D.   b. February 11, 1922 - d. July 8, 1980, S Sgt US ARMY WWII, Loved and Remembered

DODD, Rosa [Rosanah] S.   b. August 13, 1883 - d. November 3, 1922 - nee Beasley

EASTWOOD, Jennie Elizabeth 14 June 1913 - 14 Oct 1922

EASTWOOD, Willard Monroe 14 July 1915 - 15 Oct 1922

FULLER, Nathaniel    d. August 20, 1908 - 72 years old

*Near the graves of Nathaniel Fuller and Nannie Beasley Fuller, are five graves each marked with a small stone. There are no inscriptions of any kind. They may or may not be the Fuller children.

GOINS, Sherman   b. December 16, 1923 - d. April 20, 1924

GRANT, Silma Armour About 1822 - After 1860 census, First wife of Stephen Grant

HAGEN, Aubrey J.   b. March 13, 1913 - d. October 9, 1919, son of Mr. & Mrs. B. D. Hagan

KILE, Elizabeth Rinkel Adle   b. July 11, 1821 - d. 1912, One worthy of remembrance. Adjacent to Abram Rinkel

MARSHALL, G. H.   b. October 9, 1848 - d. February 23, 1916

MARSHALL, Louise E.   b. November 9, 1880 - d. July 23, 1930, The best Mother & wife has gone, but is not forgotten. Rest in peace.

MOSS, Charles Lee Sr.   b. November 4, 1935 - d. December 6, 1995, Husband of Claudine E. Ivey, Children: Chuck, Lynn, and Tammie, Red Dirt -- His Heaven on Earth

O'BANNON, Nina Belle   b. February 28, 1915 - d. March 28, 1915, Daughter of B. L. and Anna (Beasley)

PARKER, Edna B.   b. June 19, 1900 - d. September 3, 1900, Daughter of G.C. and M. I. Parker, Adjacent and identical stone: Ella D. Parker

PARKER, Ella D.   b. June 19, 1900 - d. September 9, 1900, Dau of G.C. and M.I. Parker

PARKER, Minnie   b. September 8, 1897 - d. August 10, 1902

PARKER, William Dwight  24 Oct 1944 - 24 Nov 1999, Double marker: Vonell Beasley Parker, back of marker

PEARSON, Rosie b. March 4, 1888 - d. May 26, 1928

RINKEL, Abram b. 1779 - d. August 3, 1844, One worthy of remembrance. Old marker: Abram Rinkel, departed this life Aug the 3rd 1844, A new marker has been placed near the old handmade marker.

WADE, Augustus   b. January 21, 1838 - d. September 10, 1913

WADE, Mrs. Margaret   b. April 2, 1838 - d. April 4, 1927

WHATLEY, Addie   b. December 3, 1924 - d. December 9, 1927

WHATLEY, Mavis   b. September 28, 1927 - d. December 7, 1934

WHATLEY, Shelton   b. October 22, 1919 - d. November 9, 1921, Asleep in Jesus

WHATLEY, W. R. Jr.   b. March 19, 1911 - d. October 10, 1912, Gone so soon

WHATLEY, W. R. Sr.   b. March 3, 1889 - d. August 6, 1947

*In the area of the Whatley graves are two unmarked graves.